Sci-fi

Rollback

by Robert J. Sawyer
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Description

Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens. Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received and Sarah, now 87, may hold the key to deciphering this one, too... if she lives long enough. A wealthy industrialist offers to pay for Sarah to have a rollback-a hugely expensive experimental rejuvenation procedure. She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties. While Don tries to deal with his newfound youth and the suddenly vast age gap between him and his wife, Sarah struggles to do again what shed done once before: figure out what a signal from the stars contains.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatPacifist/Social
HorrorCreepy
SpiceFade-to-Black

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Details

First published
April 2007
Pages
320
Reading time
About 6 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Tor Science Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9780765349743
Series
Standalone

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